If you've ever searched for
Saturday Supercade online before, you might be asking: "Why
is every single review I've ever read for this show about the
same episode?" It's because only one person in the entire US
of A thought to tape this program, and ever since then it's been
tossed around the tape-trading scene. So unless you have
access to a different episode, this is
the one we're using.

We've shown many examples in the
first 'toon of how unoriginal the Supercade was, but the second
will prove that they were indiscriminate in what they chose to
steal. Check this out: as DK Jr's inspiration, they chose to copy
one of the most reviled and infamous cartoon characters of all
time.

No kidding, people. The same
voice, the same shrill attitude. Like some demented mad
scientists, they combined body parts in a most unholy way and
created Scrappy Kong! Only instead of "PUPPY POWER,"
Donkey Kong Jr. yells "MONKEY MUSCLE!" And you wonder
why the Super Mario Super Show got a DVD set first.

As in the game, Donkey Kong Jr. is
separated from his papa--but that's where the similarities end.
He comes back to Donkey Kong's Supercade-exclusive circus to
visit his dad at his new job, but finds DK already escaped. Now
he spends his time travelling around searching for Papa with the
help of Bones, his motorbike-owning circus assistant and friend.
Title card time!

Whoa! This episode oughta ROCK!

Today, Donkey Kong Junior and
Bones are at a carnival, waiting to babysit a little girl.
They're doing this not because they know her, or out of goodwill,
but because they need the babysitting money to continue on their
journey after Donkey Kong. I knew gas was cheaper in 1983, but I
didn't know it could be covered with one babysitting job.

The girl's name is Patty, and
Bones assures her ma she's in good hands.

Patty whines about how she'd love
a prize from one of the carnival games, so Bones tries his luck.
He really, really sucks--on his first try, the ball hits a
support post and ricochets into his mouth. By contrast, DK Jr's
Puppy Po---er, Monkey Muscle has so much "umph," he
throws a pitch that not only knocks over the bottles, but hits
the dumbbell in the "Hit the Meter Thing With the
Hammer" contraption, and lands in the milk bottle of a third
game. Three wins at once! The monk is guaranteed the biggest
prize in the carnival, and it's obvious what prize he's gonna
wind up with.

I say it's obvious because while
this was going on, two sharply-dressed crooks snuck into the
ticket stand and stole the carnival's receipts. Why they didn't
lock the doors is a mystery. A policeman heads their way, and
before he can see the crime, the two shifty guys race under a
tent and hide.

"We gotta find a place to
stash this loot so we can come back for it later!" they
remark. They decide to stuff the "$" bag in a giant
teddy bear, which of course Donkey Kong Jr. just won.

DK Junior gives the bear to Patty,
and the crooks look on in horror. How are they supposed to get
the money back now? How can they swipe a teddy bear from a cute
little girl? How can....

Er....well, never mind.

"JUNIOR! BONES! THOSE MEAN
MENZ STOLE MY TEDDY BEAR!!" Patty cries out. There's no time
to waste! Junior swipes the ice cream cart (wait, do two wrongs
make a right?) and cries out "MONKEEEEY MUSCLE!!"
before speeding off with Bones, in hot pursuit of the
bear-nappers. You're familiar with the frequency in which Scrappy
Doo shouted "Puppy Power," right? DK Junior shouts his
version even more frequently. Before he does just about anything
strenuous, like maybe eating a piece of french bread that has a
hard crust, he yells out "MONKEEEEY MUSCLE!!" He just
can't resist. There must be a deleted scene where Junior was in
the restroom screaming "MONKEEEEY MUSCLE!!" over and
over.

At this point, the crooks could
have just taken the money out of the bear and left it. But they
didn't. They dashed to the Roller Coaster and boarded the car,
cackling "They'll never catch us NOW!" I suppose not,
unless they waited around for the crooks to get OFF the roller
coaster.

DK Jr's too impatient for that,
though; he's gotta get onto the track with the ice cream cart and
use it in an unauthorized manner, swooshing through the
loop-de-loops after the bad guys. To slow them down, Junior
removes the ice cream and throws it in their faces.

Maybe it really would have worked
if Bones hadn't gotten himself separated from the cart by
accident. Junior had to go waste time catching him, and it was
enough for the crooks to wipe the strawberry flavoring off their
faces and escape. A running theme in this cartoon was that Bones
just couldn't do anything right; he was a real anchor in Junior's
goals. But "I could never leave my best buddy behind!"
says DK Jr.

Oh no--the crooks capture Patty!
This is all YOUR fault, Bones. And it pretty much proves these
are true villains who have no shame. I found it hard to loathe
someone who would actually dress in a monster costume and chase
after hippies as a villanous plot, but these guys? This is the
second time they've assaulted a little girl. They're the real
thing--they're scum! I hope Junior whups their behinds.

"IF YA EVER WANT TO SEE HER
AGAIN....MEET US AT THE HAUNTED HOUSE! AND BRING THE BEAR!"
they shout loudly (fortunately for them, no one else was around).

Now Bones is wondering just why
they want this stupid bear so badly, and he gets his answer when
he uses his forensic science skills to reach into the stuffing.

"That's MONEY! An' I bet it's
STOLEN money!" asserts Junior. He gets his confirmation
right away. Two policemen, who were irresponsibly absent for the
entire cartoon up to this point, suddenly approach the two and
accuse THEM of being the robbers. Brilliant detective work!
Junior and Bones split as fast as they can!

The magic show booth is
empty--maybe they can pull a fast one on the fuzz. The cops now
approach a really hairy short man announcing the Amazing Karmack.
It's not that unusual a sight for a carnival, so the police are
fooled...momentarily. But then they decide to go inside and
question Karmack....

"Um, uh, uh um, that's me,
Karmack! Watch my latest trick! Nothing up my sleeve!" He
says this right before he performs a trick that obviously
involves stuffing something up your sleeve. Bones just fails at
life. And at the end of that string of handkerchiefs are his
boxer shorts.

It's sad how he needs a monkey to
protect him. Just as the police are about to nab Bones, Junior
approaches with two boxes. They shove the cops inside, lock the
doors (actually, they don't lock the doors, but we have
to assume the men are now trapped) and race to the Haunted House.

One commercial break later, Bones
and Junior have formed a plan that's halfway decent: Junior is
small enough to fit inside the bear, so they plan to get the jump
on the crooks with a surprise monkey-in-bear thrashing.

Bones practically wets his pants
inside the Haunted House--he's so pathetic. Junior reassures him
that the figures are only wax, but then two start following them.
It's obvious who's inside--well, not to Bones. But it is to
Junior, who yells "THROW ME AT 'EM! THIS IS YOUR
CHANCE!"

"At last! We got the
bear!"
"Wrong, pal! What you got is....MONKEEEEY MUSCLE!!"
"Wow, I can't believe it worked!" says Bones. But his
mere presence messes everything up. He leans on one of the wax
figures, pushing it down, which knocks down the next one, and on
and on in a domino effect until they all land on top of the
crooks and Junior.

The crooks take the opportunity
to trap Junior in a net. Drat!
You won't believe what happens next....some kind of twisted
Obi-Wan moment, and I'm not kidding.

"Bones! You gotta stop 'em!
Only you can!"
"H-H-How??"
"Do everything I taught you! Use Monkey Muscle on 'em!"

Is he kidding? This is madness! A
non-monkey can't use Monkey Muscle; you have to be a level-5
primate to harness that power! Bones tries anyway, and looks
perfectly ridiculous.

Okay, that didn't happen. The
strict CBS censors wouldn't allow any punches to be thrown back
then. BUT, they were so scared by Bones' show of strength, they
split right away, leaving Patty and the money!

......Okay, that didn't happen either.
They just yawned and walked on. Junior had to resolve this mess
himself. Why does he keep this guy around?

The criminals try to slow Junior
down by tipping a wagon full of watermelons, but Junior dodges
them easily.

Not only that, he hoists up the
Restrooms sign and uses it as a baseball bat, socking two melons
right into the villains' faces. They skid and slide right into
the dunk tank, and just in time for the police to appear again
and catch the real culprits red-handed. Junior did this in thirty
seconds, Bones....what did YOU do today?

As a reward, the carnival
manager gives Patty a replacement bear. No cash for our
heroes--they'll have to settle for the babysitting money. And
they might not even get THAT...Patty's mother returns and she
immediately tells her about how she was kidnapped and tied up.

"My, you have a wonderful
imagination!" She didn't believe any of it. Patty is oddly
happy about this.

In fact, she wants to be babysat
by Bones again TOMORROW, so she can ride "THE
HUMONGOUS!" She points to another rollercoaster fifteen
stories higher than the one we saw before, and Bones almost
faints.

"We'd love to," says
Junior with a wink, "but first we gotta find my papa!"
The wink seems to indicate that Junior knows the series will end
before he ever finds his papa, and he's slyly getting Bones out
of this gig.